I associate Creativity and Aesthetics with the ability to effectively utilise visualisations, designs, and contextualisation to compellingly convey the aesthetics of a problem or idea. In my work, I believe that this skill involves designing a demonstrator or presentation that delves into the profound and intricate aspects of a subject. It should not only illustrate superficial details and emotions but also incorporate underlying motivations and unexpected influences. Moreover, it should do so in a manner that is comprehensible to individuals with diverse perspectives and backgrounds.

Utilising various creative design methods, such as speculative design, contextualisation, personas, and storytelling, allows me to explore and organise complexities. By acquiring a deeper understanding of a topic or ethical dilemma, I can speculate and design artifacts, context, and visualisations that portray the underlying motivations and values. Incorporating this additional layer into my work and demonstrator empowers me to capture the aesthetics of a complex ethical emerging technology and its potential impact on our lives.

As someone born in the 90s, I have witnessed only a few years without the internet and constant mobile phones. It is evident to me that children today experience an entirely different world, one that is predominantly digital. While I appreciate having access to a wealth of knowledge at my fingertips, I also recognise the significant impact this is having on our society and way of life. I contemplate these changes and strive to explore the various ways technology influences our lives. I do this by immersing myself in different technological experiences, critically analysing these changes, and being conscious of how I choose to incorporate them into my life.

I firmly believe that as technology continues to evolve at an accelerated pace, the importance of understanding and shaping its impact becomes paramount. The is exactly what User and Society is about as it directly addresses these concerns. How do we want to utilise the technologies we invent? How can we grasp the intricate influence they exert on our lives, considering the diverse range of people involved? By examining and scrutinising these emerging technologies from multiple perspectives and philosophical frameworks, I gain valuable insights into the challenging questions that lie ahead.

Of course you can have many ideas and concepts of to your disposal, but to actually make this a reality is another thing. However, this is definitely my wheelhouse. I love thinking about how to realise things using different materials, methods and techniques. Working at a prototyping hub like Innovation Space allowed me to experiment with a variety of rapid prototyping machines such as a variety of 3D printing, lasercutting and electronics.

When you understand a field and the problem you want to work on, and you have been able to figure out how to design and shape the aesthetics that addresses this problem, the next step is to figure out how to actually realise this professionally and sufficiently realistic to allow the audience to interact with the ideas and problems without being distracted by a amateur looking realisation. Of course this style does have a niche too, which, especially in design, can be used to invoke critical early stage feedback. To conclude, technology and realisation for me is to have and use the skills of making to realise the concepts and designs that you have sketched out on paper.

Business and Entrepreneurship serve as a bridge between the realm of education and the practical world, allowing individuals to connect with like-minded individuals and generate value for society. However, the niche I operate in does not currently thrive as a lucrative business and heavily relies on government funding or educational interests. Both my FBP and MFP have made it evident that there is a demand for designers to visualise and depict the ideas conceived by researchers. There is undoubtedly public interest in discussing these ideas, and the field itself demonstrates enthusiasm for speculating and bringing imagined futures to fruition. Nonetheless, since there is currently no tangible proof of concept, securing support from any entity becomes extremely challenging. Despite this obstacle, the convergence of these diverse interests indicates a potential avenue for further development. I aspire to connect with individuals interested in funding such business ideas, whether through events like DDW or by collaborating with renowned researchers and publishing our work.

Although I have a strong aversion to coding, I find the knowledge derived from user data to be incredibly intriguing. However, neither of these aspects played a role in my final project. Instead, I utilised software development in a different manner. Specifically, I incorporated a newly developed open source program into my project, which proved immensely valuable in generating a substantial amount of material. The most noteworthy outcome was stable diffusion, an AI image generator that can be installed on personal devices to produce a vast array of imagery, serving as a valuable source of inspiration.

While the design of the prompts, in my opinion, aligns with creativity, I still had to compute the correct sentence structure using relevant words and comprehend the software to generate the images pertinent to my project. Furthermore, the thousands of images I generated had to be meticulously analysed, annotated, and distilled into meaningful information for the purpose of my project. Hence, I believe that coding takes on various forms, and I thoroughly enjoy coding AI art prompts in particular.